If you create a connection to a website using the Connection Wizard with a URL that looks like http://www.mysite.com and you browse to secure page like https://mysite.com/ you’ll notice you’ve lost the connection to the site. This issue is easily resolved by adding an alias for https://mysite.com in the Web Address tab while Administering the site.

Connect to the site via normal http

Administer the site

Select the Web Server category on the left side of the dialog box, and click the "Web Address" tab

Did you know that clicking the Contribute logo in the top-right of Contribute’s interface will instantly take you back to the Start page?
Often times I find myself in a position where I need to reference the Start page and the only way I’ve been able to find how to do it quickly was to select “about: Startpage” in the Address bar or Selecting (Home Pages > Starter page)
I believe I knew about that tip awhile back and just found it again. 😉

Depending on how your environment is setup, you might have multiple DNS’s or some type of Virtual server configuration that will conflict when setting up site(s) that point to the same IP address. You’ll quickly find out you can only connect to one site (typically the first the one you setup) and not the other on the same IP.

Contribute will automatically find and detect any alternate Web Addresses and will add them to the Web Addresses tab found in the Administration panel of Contribute.

Here’s how to remedy this issue, in Contribute 3.1 go to:

Edit > My Connections

Enable the site if its not already enabled and click the “Administer…” button in the top-right.

Select the Web Server link on the left column

Under the "Web Addresses" tab, remove any IP addresses and remove any host names that are not associated with the main site.